Scripture Verse

Behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. Isaiah 65:17

Introduction

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Isaac Watts (1674–1748)

Words: Is­aac Watts, Hymns and Spi­ri­tu­al Songs, Book 2, 1707–09, num­ber 130. The new cre­ation.

Music: Har­lech tra­di­tion­al Welsh me­lo­dy (🔊 pdf nwc).

Lyrics

Attend, while God’s ex­alt­ed Son
Doth His own glo­ries show:
“Behold, I sit up­on My throne,
Creating all things new.

“Nature and sin are passed away,
And the old Ad­am dies;
My hands a new foun­da­tion lay,
See the new world arise.

I’ll be a Sun of Right­eous­ness
To the new heav’ns I make;
None but the new­born heirs of grace
My glo­ries shall par­take.

Mighty Re­deem­er! set me free
From my old state of sin;
O make my soul alive to Thee,
Create new pow­ers with­in.

Renew mine eyes, and form mine ears,
And mold my heart afresh;
Give me new pas­sions, joys, and fears,
And turn the stone to flesh.

Far from the re­gions of the dead,
From sin, and earth, and hell,
In the new world that grace has made,
I would for ev­er dwell.